in a place far away where black pools, purple crystals and an army of grimm coming out of said pools. Beowolf gradually crawls out, slime sliding off of it and onto the ground. to show several such pools and many Beowolves emerging. It pulls further and further out to show a mostly dark and desolate land made up of red ground, purple crystals, and a red and black clouded sky. The images shimmers and as Mercury and Anti Emerald reflected in a window, watching from inside a high building. Anti Emerald has her hand to her mouth while Mercury seems slightly disgusted. A gloved hand appears between two purple crystal formations and snaps its fingers. A wide shot reveals a large windowed room, at the center of which is a long purple, crystal table. Four people sit at the table with seven chairs. One of them is anti Cinder Fall, but her apperance went through a drastic change. Her hair is much shorter and she wears a mask that appears to be made of black glass over her missing left eye and the scarring from said injury extends into a slight x-shape over the bridge of her nose, as well as having deformed and degraded the tissue of her left ear. She wears a long, dark red dress with one long, wide sleeve hiding her left arm. The edges of the collar and the opening for the right arm are gold-colored, and the upper chest and left sleeve are decorated with golden designs. The right side of her dress is open from the hip down with two gold-colored straps made of interwoven ropes connecting the front half to the back half of her thigh. On the right hip, the dress has a black rhombus-shaped gem set in a gold-colored metal of the same shape, with feathers of varying shades of blue extending from the bottom of it. On her right arm she wears a long, gray glove, the top of which has a gold-colored metal ring with curvy branching extensions going up to her arm. Her right ear has a new ring-shaped earring higher up than the dangling black gem earring.
Each 3 members sitting across her is Arthur Watts looking at his Scroll. Next is the man to anti Cinder's right, Tyrian Callows. He sits in a crouch casually on his chair, resting his arms on his knees. Across from Tyrian is Hazel Rainart. His arms are crossed, and he looks asleep. Anti Cinder sits quietly, while Mercury and Anti Emerald move to her side. Anti Emerald nudges Mercury out of her way so that she can be directly next to Anti Cinder.
Watts: Yes, yes, please keep your posse in check.
Mercury grunts and makes a move toward Watts, but anti Emerald holds him back.
Watts: You hear that? Silence.
Hazel gives Watts an unimpressed sideways glance.
Watts: I've half a mind to thank the little girl and Two riders that bested you.
Tyrian: If I were you, I'd hunt the. down. (snicker) Find the. and, well, she took your eye, didn't she? Also suffer a heavy burn mark.
Anti Cinder only stares at Tyrian while he cackles at her. Anti Cinder tries to speak but only manages to make quiet exhaling noises. Anti Emerald leans in to hear her.
?: now now my student, let not play with the small fire here.
Tyrian: (gasp of joy) my Older brother!
Merucery: oh God, not him again.
Everyone turn to see came in is non other then Nox, that he have a bit of a beard and mustache, a hooded black cape with green markings and large rolled-up cuffs along with long black ribbons and bandages across his arms. He wears a simple a long dress coat-suit over a standard black suit snake scale with a white shirt underneath, short brown knuckle-less gloves, and brown steel-toed shoes. He dons a pair of black trousers held up by two brown belts, including an open shirt beneath his vest that shows his chest. two belts, black pants.
With him are 3 mans, one have brown hair long beneath the shoulder wearing a business suit , 2nd is a man with a beard have a black hair with a white streak and purple eyes wearing a commander outfit color white, black and gray lines. The 3rd man have black hair, green eyes wearing a trench coat, white shirt, black gloves, brown pants.
Tyrian: hello you three!
Anti-cinder: (tick her tongue)
Watts: brun, lorn, Simone, wonderful have you here.
Simone: a pleasure doctor there some business we attend with the other orphnoch doing their work with our elite.
Came in is Crocodile Orphnoch, Lobster Orphnoch sit down with them they enter human formed.
Simone: meet Jay the credible Orphnoch, and Saeko Kageyama the Lobster Orphnoch.
Jay: a pleasure.
Saeko: where's kamen rider ryuga?
Nox: a business where he expect ryuki to come at.
Brun: Cinder Fall, I heard her double ruin the operation.
Lorn: to think sent a cocky girl to this mission.
Watts: Pathetic. Why did you even—
There is a sound of a heavy metal door being unlatched. The doors open and everyone stands just before Salem, Orpnhoch king, Overlord and kamen rider Odin enters.
They were silent and let the leaders walk over to the far end of the room where the windows is in front of four chairs.
Salem: Watts.
Watts straightens, looking toward her.
Salem: (turning) Do you find such malignancy necessary?
She and the other leaders gestures for all to sit down.
Watts: I apologize, ma'am. I'm not particularly fond of failure.
Watts and Salem sit simultaneously.
Salem: then I see no cruelty to young cinder, she's become our fall maiden, destroyed beacon tower, and most impotently, killed dear Ospin. So I'm curious, to what failures are you referring too?
Watts: well… the girl with the silver eyes.
Brun: and the two riders who able to injured Cinder call.
Orpnhoch king: though we have lost Davuga, but some bit remain of his armada
Odin: he urge to destroy kuuga has yet sealed his fate, although one of his allies said kuuga also possessed the silver eyes
Salem: oh?
Orpnhoch king: indeed, not to mention no doubt of cinder's failure, while she is treated, her wound of her chest got carved of kuuga symbol.
Hazel: Yes. We've dealt with their kind before. How is it a novice was able to best one of us?
Watts: My thoughts exactly. Even without her new power, it should have been effortless. Not even survived the riders.
Salem: It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness. Which is why you will remain by my side as we continue your treatment.
Overlord: you will harness more the future, but as in now during the treatment you stay and do of your training new power.
Anti Cinder is unhappy about this and lowers her head. Anti Emerald looks at her in sympathy.
Salem: Dr. Watts, you are to take Cinder's place and meet with our informant in Mistral.
Orphnoch king: brun, lorne, and ,simone will assist.
Watts: Very good.
Salem: Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for the Spring Maiden.
Odin: nox will be joining you.
Tyrian and Nox: (laughing) Gladly.
Salem: And Hazel, I'm sending you to the leader of the White Fang. Adam Taurus and kamen rider ryuga has arranged the meeting. Those two boy continues to prove loyal. Ensure that Sienna Khan feels the same and aware the dark rider.
Hazel: As you wish.
Anti-cinder signaled her Anti-Emerald for her to listen to what she has to say.
Anti Emerald: Oh!
Anti Emerald leans in to hear her.
Anti Cinder rasps into her ear. Anti Emerald straightens.
Salem: Speak, child.
Anti Emerald: She wants to know... (hesitates) What about the girl and kuuga?
Watts: hmph, what about them? Seems to me that this is her problem, not ours.
Anti Cinder slams her fist onto the table and glares at Watts, who grins at her.
Salem: That's enough. Tyrian? Nox?
Nox: hmm?
Tyrian: Yes, my lady?
Salem: Spring can wait. Find the girl and kuuga that did this to Cinder.
Tyrian giggles elatedly and claps as nox got up crack his neck.
Nox: thrilling.
Salem: And bring them to us.
Tyrian freezes, groans disappointingly, pouts for a second, then looks back up at Salem with an acquiescent shrug.
Salem: Because of your efforts, Beacon has fallen. And Haven will be next.
Odin: it fall yet but depends what next the target shall be.
Everyone rises.
Tyrian snickers at anti Cinder and points to his left eye.
Tyrian: (laughing wickedly) Eye for an eye.
He continue to laugh like a maniac while making anti Cinder mad.
Meanwhile
A blue sky above a green forest. There are a few shots inside the forest before Nora Valkyrie is heard speaking, her hair is now shoulder-length, she has pink eye shadow around the far upper corners of her eyes and her design is updated. She retains her gloves and wears a white sleeveless turtleneck top that is similar to her old one, though the heart cut-out on the top has a diagonal cut through it. She also wears a shorter, detached white sleeve on her left arm. Over the shirt, she wears a open cropped, short-sleeved navy blue bomber jacket with a damaged print of her emblem visible on the back and pink stripes along the sleeves alongside pink buckled cuffs. and red lining on the collar. According to the concept art the jacket is has a worn leather material. She wears a pleated pink skirt with two wide belt loops for matching belt, the skirt has a white layered tulle. She wears knee-high pink socks just visible above her white calf-length boots with pink laces and black low heels, soles and toes
Nora: I'm just sayin'...
Nora Valkery and Lie Ren emerge from behind a tree, walking together. Ren wears his hair down, and it has grown longer, as his concept art notes, "almost butt-length". His attire is similar to before in color. He now has a longer, sleeveless tailcoat with black and silver trimming. Under it, he wears a black, sleeveless turtleneck with red, tasseled ropes over the hips, pants that get tighter below the knees and calf-high open-toed sandals. From his middle finger to his biceps run gradient pink-to-black detached sleeves ending in metal armbands.
Nora:...there's more members of JNPR in this team than RWBY. It just makes sense to go with that one.
Ren: But "junior" isn't a color.
Nora: (groaning) How can I be more clear? (show JNRR) one, two, three, that's more then one.
?: that doesn't make sense
came in is klark with toby
nora: cuz non of you two cant fit it
toby: You know there two leader with us and klark cant even count part of it
Ren: they have a point, beside we're helping Ruby with her objective. (pop out show RNJR, pointing to the first R) Wouldn't that make her the leader?
Jaune: Guys!
they turn their heads toward him.
Jaune: We need to focus.
The letters pop out of existence.
Jaune: Also, JNRR is way cooler.
Nora: Exactly!
Klark: whatever.
Ren was going to speak, but instead just groans.
There's a rumble.
Jaune: It's here.
They felt a rumble thought the forest
Then came to group is a 22 orphnoch toward them.
Toby: shit, jaune we got this!
Jaune: right!
Toby and klark have their belt ready.
Toby: henshin!
Klark: hesnhin!
Toby transformed into another agito and klark transformed into G3-X as they go to fight the orpnoch. Coming out the Forest is a formed when a grimm with a white mask and single yellow eyes, the grimm possesses rocks. The one seen in "The Next Step" consists of gray boulders, which form a central body and four levitating limbs. Through the Geist's influence, these boulders gain red vein-like markings.
As it facing is Ruby rose ,who's hair has grown slightly longer that maintains the color gradation from black at the roots to red at the tips and her new design sports a white high-neck décolletage blouse with brown studded wristbands on the arms. Her outfit retains the use of a black skirt with red tulle underneath, somewhat similar to her original outfit, but her waist cincher has been replaced with an overbust corset with red strip holding it in place. A black belt bordered in red holds the magnetic clip for Crescent Rose and its ammunition.
Ruby Rose flying backwards from trees, firing Crescent Rose in the direction she came from.
Ruby falls, crashing against tree limbs along the way.
Ruby: Bad... landing... strategy!
Ruby lands on her feet on a big tree branch strong enough to hold her weight. She uses her Semblance to fly past the Grimm.
Jaune, Ren, and Nora look up.
Jaune: Let's get that thing off her.
Jaune runs toward them. Ren jumps up into the trees.
Nora: Don't forget me!
Nora pulls out Magnhild and shoots it at the ground, propelling herself into the air with excited whooping. She lands right besides Ren in his branch.
Ren: We need to draw its attention away from Ruby!
As a stream of rose petals, Ruby flies past them.
Ruby: Could use some help!
Nora shoots the Grimm in the back. Ren hops around on branches. The Grimm tries to hit Ren. Ren runs up its rock arm, flies into the air, and comes down upon the Grimm, striking at it with StormFlower. It's ineffective.
Jaune: Gotta get in closer!
Ren lands beside Jaune.
Ren: My blades don't hurt him!
The Grimm turns, standing upright.
Nora: Crap!
Ruby: How about this?!
She loads a magazine with an image of a lightning bolt on its side into Crescent Rose and fires. Electric bolts encase one of the Grimm's arms. The red lines on the arm glow brighter, and the Grimm slams it into the ground. All are sent flying backwards, but Ren, Nora, and Ruby manage to land on their feet. Jaune tumbles along the ground painfully until he hits a boulder between his legs and falls forward.
Jaune: (mimicking) "You'll be fine without a weapon. You're the strategist."
Nora: That's it!
She runs forward, tossing Magnhild into the air and transforming it into hammer mode. She jumps into the air and hits it, breaking its arm apart. A large piece flies straight toward Nora, but Ruby gets between them and knocks it away. The Grimm uses its other arm to strike at the two girls
Jaune straightens and stretches and soon has to dodge a barrage of rocks.
Jaune: Wha? Whoa! Wha? Ho!
Jaune lands.
Jaune: Hey! Be careful!
A rock the size of his head hits him in the face and sends him into a tree. Jaune lands in a crouch and shakes his head to clear the pain.
The Grimm continually tries and fails to hit an evasive Nora.
Jaune stands up and looks up at the Grimm.
Jaune: Ah...
The Grimm's armless shoulder gains a glowing red circle with a symbol of an eye in the middle. The circle spins, and then a black, elongated arm with clawed fingers emerges from it. The arm rears back.
Jaune: Uh-oh.
The Grimm shoves its new arm into the tree Jaune was leaning against and lifts it from the ground.
Jaune: (running) His arm is a tree! His arm is a tree!
Ruby: Big mistake!
Ruby spins Crescent Rose and loads another magazine into it - this one with imagery of fire on its side. She fires, and the flaming projectile swings around to the tree arm. Jaune fist pumps. The tree arm swings around to him, on fire. Jaune loses his smile.
Jaune: (putting his hands into his hair and running) Big mistake!
The Grimm chases Jaune, swinging the flaming arm at him. Suddenly an ax sent flying up top toward the Grimm, it slice the flaming tree arm off a bit, as it act a boomerang coming back and it got caught by a hand.
Jaune: what the?
?: hey grimm! Sorry I dis"arm" you! Without "axe" ing your permission! But you did try to give jaune a "warm" welcoming hand shake!
That made everyone minus Ruby laugh hard, she slowly turn to see Frank wearing a black vest, black pants, leggings, a dress hoodie, leather arm band with gold streaks design and black shoes.
Frank: what's up guys? Did ya miss me?
To his answer Ruby tacked and smashed her lips onto him which made the both of them landed onto the grassy floor.
Frank: hehe good to seeyah too rubes!
Ruby: Franky…
3G-X: hey lovebirds! (ruby and freaky jump up in surprise) save the reunion moment when we make it in one piece! Or do I'll to do it myself?!
Franky: right! (then his belt appeared) Henshin!
He quickly transformed into Kuuga and leaps away with Ruby in his arms.
Kuuga: and I didn't come alone
Energy bullets and bets shooting each 9 orphnoch, they see decade with Emerald came in.
Decade: thought we help you guys
Another agito: glad to join in.
Emerald: yep! Let's take them down!
As they work together to defeat each of the orphnoch, another agito jump up to deliver a kick of an explsoion and Emerald uses her mirage to fool the remain of the orphnoch as G3 X have his machine gun ready and loaded and Decade insert his card.
ATTACK RIDE! BLAST!
They fired their guns at them as they exploded, now with kuuga , ruby with jaune, Nora, and Ren facing the grimm..
Kuuga: hey guys, good to seeyah!
Nora: MY SMASHING BUDDY!
Ren: no matter where we go, your sense of humor never amuse us.
Kuuga: yeah (turn at the Geists) a Geist huh? Been a while saw and heard those things.
Nora: Plus it can keep grabbing new limbs!
Jaune: But it keeps protecting its face.
Ruby: We can't break it!
Jaune: Ugh, if we knocked all of its limbs off at once and went for the...
Kuuga: hit it harder?
Jaune: yes exactly!
Ren: (confused) Is that it?
Jaune: no seriously! it's trying to keep us away from it's face, if we kill the limbs we have a shot to kill the whole thing!
Ruby: alright, come one team! Lets do this!
Kuuga and Nora: yeah!
Ren: alright.
Jaune: Ren, left. Ruby, right. Frank distract on the front
Kuuga, Ren and Ruby depart as told.
Jaune: Nora, ready to try out the new upgrade?
Nora nods and runs.
Jaune: Right. And I will—
Jaune gets hit in the back by the Grimm's outer shell. Ruby attacks the right side. Ren attacks the left.
Nora activates a mechanism that generates a current of electricity across the hammerhead of Magnhild. Jaune runs around to make himself a target, waving at the Grimm.
Kuuga whistle as came flew by is Gouram, as kuuga hop on it for a ride and use Pegasus form to shoot each parts of the limbs and torso.
Jaune: I'll take over here!
The Grimm goes after Jaune but switches targets as Ruby and Ren attack it.
Nora charges Magnhild even more and braces her feet.
Nora: Ready!
Ruby lands next to Jaune after another attack.
Jaune: Use everything you've got!
The mechanical beetle hit them as kuuge jump up turn normal to activate his kick.
Ruby uses her Semblance to fly at the Grimm, taking Kuuga and Nora with her, and the red, Golden and pink in electric swirls go right for the tree arm. Ruby slices the tree in half, opening the way for Nora and kuuga to hit the mask with Magnhild and kick shown a kuuga symbol. The rock body explosion and the ephemeral Grimm rises out of it and flies off.
Kuuga: rubes
She nodded use her Crescent rose to shoot the Geist and is gone for good. Then riders turn back to normal and regroup with team JNRR/RNJR.
Frank: woo-hoo! Good job everyone!
Ruby then hugged frank tighter and buried her face on his chest, he smile and petted her head.
Frank: I missed you my rose petal.
Ruby: I missed you the most Franky.
Jaune: where were you man? Ruby was worried like crazy.
Frank: training and getting to know my silver eyes and Kuuga Ultimate form.
Jaune: really?
Frank: yeah and nice look guys, even you ruby.
Then Emerald snatch Frank from ruby and hug him.
Ruby: Hey!
Emerald: hey I need this more then you Red!
Ruby: well I got home more then you do!
Jaune: (breathing heavily before posing with his hands on hips) Another victory for Team JNRR!
… Silence….
Frank, Emerald and john: Junior?
Jaune: (deflating) Yeah, okay. Ren, I think you're onto something. I-it's just not sounding great anymore.
Jaune walks away.
Timeskip
Ruby shakes hands with the town Mayor.
Mayor: We truly can't thank you enough.
Ruby: Just doing our job, sir.
Mayor: That Geist and the ornphonch had been plaguing our village for weeks. We were beginning to wonder if we'd have to relocate.
Ruby: Well, we are on our way to Mistral. You could always come along with us if you don't feel safe.
Mayor: (chuckle) I guess that you're not from around these parts. Anima is a large continent. I'm afraid our people would never survive the long trek to Mistral. It may be safer in the Kingdoms, but we prefer our way of life. I just wish we could pay you more.
Ren: Our previous arrangement is more than sufficient.
Team RNJR, Frank, John, Toby, Klark, John bows respectfully. Then they stop by at a shop door closes. At a counter, a burly man with horns sets down a set of armor.
Blacksmith: There you go, son. It's going to be heavier than what you're used to, but you'll thank me the next time you go up against a set of claws.
Jaune: Wow. That-eh. I don't know what to say.
Blacksmith: Don't gotta say anything! Just put it on! I'll go get the rest.
The blacksmith went to the back leaving the huntsman to themselves.
Nora: so… what are you waiting for?
Jaune: oh! uh.. right!
He took his old armor and place it on the counter.
Jaune: guess I was gonna grow out of it eventually…
Ren: a sign of progress.
Jaune: (smile) progress.
He turn around to them so Ruby and Emerald covered there mouths as they snickering.
Jaune: woah… What is it?
Emerald: what is THAT?!
She pointed to jaune hoodie that has a black bunny on it.
Jaune: what, my hoodie? I've always had this!
Ruby: (snickering) IT'S GOT A CUTE LITTLE BUNNY ON IT!
Then the two girls start laughing at the poor knight's hoodie.
Jaune.A: it's pumpkin Pete! Y'know, from the cereal?
Ben: (laughing some more) what did you do dude?! Send a box top for a prize!?
Jaune.A: yeah! Fifty!
Then ruby and Emerald laugh at him louder and both of them fell to the floor.
Frank: wow, I guess that's whats up doc
That make ruby and Emerald laugh more even Toby,klark and John snickering on that.
Ren: Well, I suppose we don't have to grow out of everything.
Ruby chortles from the floor, feet in the air. The blacksmith returns from out back.
Blacksmith: Can't have a Huntsman without his weapon.
A wide sword sheath is stuck into the countertop.
Blacksmith: Made all the modifications you asked for.
The blade expands into a shield.
Blacksmith: That was some fine metal you brought me. Accents the white nicely. Where'd you get it from?
The camera pans to show the gold accents on the shield, the design on the bottom reminiscent of Pyrrha Nikos' circlet.
Jaune: From a friend.
Frank, john, Klark, Toby, emerald, Ren, and Nora wait outside the shop. Jaune comes out wearing the armor. He pulls out the sword and expands the shield.
Blacksmith: He cleans up alright, don't you think?
Ren: He certainly does.
Frank: looking good Jaune
Klark: impressive
Nora: I still think a grenade launcher would've really brought the look together.
Ruby: Nothing's gonna stop Team RNJR now!
Nora: Team JNRR!
Ren and klark: Still not a color.
Jaune: It doesn't matter what we're called. As long as we're together.
Blacksmith: You kids sure you won't stick around? You've been real good to this town.
Ruby: Sorry, but we've got another mission.
Frank: and big plans
Nora: Make it to Haven Academy, no matter what.
Ren: We've heard the next village over has a working Airship.
Blacksmith: Mmm, no way to know for sure. Scroll signals was kinda weak enough out here back when Beacon Tower was still up but the satellite. Haven't heard from Shion Village in a while.
Ruby: Well, there's only one way to find out.
With a wave, The group turns and leaves.
Frank: okay guys here how the next plan goes, each of my teams will go to ruby's team to find , the enemy next target is the Spring Maiden.
Ren: But do they know is Raven?
Frank: no not exactly , since the Beacon tower is okay but kinda damage since the fall however Ian's family did well make a sattelite communication so is good for now
Nora: Ian and his family always surprise us
Ruby: even his motorcycle turn to a robot as faiz , I wish I have that.
Frank: well John can do that turn his motorcycle into one
John: shh! Frank!
Ruby: (star eyes) REALLY!?
john: uh oh….
Ruby: PLEASE SUMMON A ROBOT SHIFTER AND I WANNA NAMED CRESENT ROSE JR!
John: ruby no!
Ruby: Ruby yes!
Frank: also jaune you gonna be so happy and your team.
Jaune: why?
Frank: pyhra is alive.
Team RNJR: WHAT!?
John: yeah you see I was able to save her as she in a coma, but still alive and later on gonna train herself and catch up with you gu-(Jaune ,Ruby, and Nora tackle him a hug) GAH!
RNJ: PLEASE!
John: I said it'll be soon pyrrha not awake.
Ruby: oh right.
Frank: anyway let's go guys, adventure awaits!
Meanwhile with Weiss
inside of a white mansion sitting on the chair is Weiss, who is wearing a new clothes includes a short, glittering dress with a color gradation of blue to pale blue at the hem, a sweetheart neckline, and a white, tulle petticoat. A white ribbon is wrapped multiple times around her waist, and over the outfit is worn a slightly sheer long-sleeved blue shrug fastened at the collar with a large sapphire broach that has three pendants dangling from it. Printed on the back of the shrug is the Schnee Crest. Completing her attire are dark blue wedge heels and sapphire drop earrings.
She is still thinking of Ian and how she missed him so munch, she have in her wrist is a bracelet beads that is color of a flames, she have it in their first date. Walking down a long, carpeted hallway of blue, white and gray. Protruding columns rooms.
Next, she is seen walking along an upper-level balcony above a large dining hall. A white and green floral centerpiece decorates the white-clothed table. Every column both above and below bears a sconce, but these candles are not lit. Beside Weiss on the balcony are large arch-shaped openings with white gauze curtains. Through one of the curtains, a crystal chandelier can be seen in another room. There is a shut, brown wooden door in the direction Weiss is heading.
Weiss walks down a wide stairway with curving balconies on either side above it. Large armor statues fill the space on either side of the bottom stairs. Behind Weiss, a paned triptych of arched windows lets in the sun, casting her shadow onto the blue-carpeted steps in front of her. The floor at the bottom of the stairs has a blue and white oval design in its center. Both levels have open archways leading to other rooms.
Walking in another room with blue and white floor patterns, Weiss strides pass a life-size statue of a King Taijitu without looking up. Once again, both the lower level and the balcony level have open archways and unlit sconces. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
An upward view shows that the chandelier is in the middle of a blue and white circular pattern that matches the floor pattern from the previous room.
Weiss is seen walking down another hallway. In the music room is a large grand piano with open sheet music. A portrait on the wall shows Whitley Schnee.
Weiss walks alone in the hallway, never having looked up the entire time until she has a startled reaction to hearing her coming from right in front of her.
?: Good afternoon, sister.
She see is white hair and light blue eyes with a fair complexion. His hair is mostly pushed to left, although he does have a cowlick. is fairly tall with a slender build and stands a few inches taller than Weiss. His attire consists of a short-sleeved white dress shirt, the sleeves fastened just above his elbows by navy blue cuffs, each with twin gold buttons. Over his untucked shirt, he wears a light blue vest, with a black handkerchief in his right breast pocket. He also wears a black necktie, navy blue trousers and black dress shoes.
?: A pleasure to see you out of your room for a change.
Weiss: hello Whitley, your in a cheery mode today.
Whitley: Klein made crapes for breakfast.
Weiss: (rolled her eyes) what do you want?
Whitley: I heard Father shouting with someone in his study earlier.
Weiss: mother?
Whitley: No, she's already drinking in the garden. I think it was a man, I just wanted to warn you. I heard he had asked to speak with you.
Weiss:… I'll be fine.
Whitley: I know you will, your strong like winter.
Weiss: you never like winter.
Whitley: True. But you can't deny her resolve.
Weiss: (cross her arms) you...seems different.
Whitley: And you've been gone. I'll have you know I didn't stop growing while you were away at Beacon. (turn and left) Anyway, good luck with Father.
Weiss: thank you.
Whitely: (stop) by the way, that bracelet, you better put away since father talk to your relationship to the heirs of the Fuerer family. (walk off)
Weiss: I intend not to do so.
She continues walking, and there is a close-up view of the family portrait.
Meanwhile
Ruby is having a nightmare about pyrrha's death by anti cinder and along kuuga and decade deliver a kick to her.
Ruby open her eyes and gasp. She's lying in a red sleeping bag on a clearing in some woods. everybody is asleeep while she next to krank and emerald next to him asleep too.. Ruby sits up and looks around. Birds can be heard tweeting and all seems peaceful. Ruby, however, puts her hand to the side of her head and sighs as though she's in pain.
As the group walk down a sunny road. Ruby is in front, looking at a map.
Ruby: so the next town is… uh…
Frank: ruby we're lost arent we?
Ruby: uh-huh... We're lost.
frank: heh, I love my map. I'd be lost without it.
Ruby then start to laugh at his terrible joke.
Frank: Why are maps like fish? They both have scales?
Then everybody laugh hard of that.
Frank: thank you thank you!
Jaune: anyway We're not lost. The next town is Shion. My family used to visit it all the time.
Ruby: Oh yeah. Don't you have, like, four sisters?
Jaune: Uh, seven.
Ruby giggles.
Toby and klark: woah.
Emerald: seven sisters?!
John: his dad must've got really good skill doing that.
Nora: You know, that actually explains a lot.
Jaune: … wait what do you me-
Ruby: so! What did you guys do there?
Jaune: Oh, all sorts of stuff! Over here is a great hiking trail, and over here is where we went camping all the time. I got my own tent because I was special. Also, so my sisters would stop braiding my hair.
Ruby: Didn't like the look?
Jaune: Yeah, they just kept doing pigtails, but personally, I think I'm more of a "warrior's wolftail" kind of guy.
Ruby: That's just a ponytail.
Jaune: I stand by what I said.
Frank: heh heh heh, whatever you say pony guy.
Nora stops short, raising her hands to her lips as her eyes widen. Soon after, Ren stops, visibly tense. As klark, Tony and John looked as narrow their eyes.
Nora: Uh, guys?
Ruby: Huh?
Jaune: What?
John: look.
They look to see a village destroyed and burned.
Toby: oh my Oum.
Frank: what the hell happen.
They rush forward. They briskly move into the town, looking around.
Ruby: There could be survivors!
Ren: Over here!
The other three rush to where Ren is leading them. On the ground, sitting propped against a broken building wall is a young man in armor. He breathes heavily and holds his hand against a bleeding wound in his abdomen. Ren drops by his side and puts his hand on his shoulder.
Ruby: A Huntsman!
Jaune: What happened? Who killed all these people?
Huntsman: (coughs) Bandits. The whole tribe... Then, with all the panic...
The Huntsman can't finish and coughs repeatedly.
Ren: Grimm.
John: and judging the attack either the lords, mirror monster or oprnoch too.
Ruby: Alright, we can get him to the next village and try to find a doctor there!
Jaune: Yeah. Ren and I can take turns carrying him there.
Nora: I don't know if he'll make it.
Jaune: He will. He has to.
Ren turns back and walks over to the Huntsman.
Ruby: If we get going now, our chances will be better. I can run ahead and look for help!
Ren: Guys.
The other three turn and discover that the Huntsman has already died.
Nora: Should we bury him?
Ren walks right past them without a backward glance.
Ren: We should go. It's not safe here.
Nora: Ren...
Nora turns and follows him. Ruby puts her hand on Jaune's arm. He is looking stressed and sad.
Ruby: It'll be okay.
Jaune: I'm just tired of losing everything.
Frank put his hands on his shoulders.
Frank: that makes all of us, but those who die don't want us to stay down and suffer more then either of us, and you know it.
Jaune: yeah.
John: you guys go, I'll catch up later.
Emerald: you'll be fine?
John nodded.
Meanwhile with Weiss
Weiss standing outside her father's door and listening to the discussion inside. She hesitates to put her hand on the doorknob.
Jacques: I'm not talking about the good of my company; I'm talking about the good of Atlas, our entire Kingdom!
Ironwood: That is a load of garbage and you know it.
Weiss opens the door and peers in.
Jacques: I beg your pardon?!
James Ironwood is sitting in a chair in front of a bookcase.
Ironwood: Jacques, will you please, just hear me out?
Jacques places his glass down on the table roughly.
Jacques: You are a trusted friend and ally to this family, James, but what you're suggesting is absurd!
Ironwood: You are blowing it out of proportion.
Jacques: The council will never agree to it!
Ironwood: You forget, I hold two seats on the council.
Jacques: Your Dust embargo has already cost me millions! I can promise you, I have not forgotten!
Ironwood: So this is about you.
Weiss has come into the room, and she watches to two men awkwardly while the door shuts behind her. She startles at the sound while James and Jacques turn and look at her.
Ironwood: (bowing) Miss Schnee! My apologies. I should have been gone by now.
Weiss: It-it's okay.
Ironwood: We'll continue this at another time.
Jacques: Indeed. Klein can show you out.
Ironwood: Don't worry, I know the way.
Weiss steps aside so that Ironwood can reach the door. He turns and looks at her father.
Ironwood: Until next time, Jacques.
Jacques solemnly nods back at Ironwood, who turns to Weiss.
Ironwood: Please know, you'll always have a home at Atlas Academy, Miss Schnee. We'll be back in session before you know it. (leaves.)
Jacques: Did you forget your manners while you were away?
Weiss looks annoyed at the comment but calms down with a sigh, as she hid her bracelet.
Weiss: No, Father. I'm sorry.
Jacques: Can you believe there are still people in the world that blame Atlas for what happened to Beacon? To Vale? And yet they know who reasonable for this?
Weiss: Well, they weren't there.
Weiss begins walking across the room to stand before his desk.
Jacques: It's a wonder Ironwood wasn't stripped of his rank.
Jacques finally sits down, swinging the seat so that his back is to Weiss.
Jacques: I suppose the council trusts him, for better or worse.
Weiss: I trust him.
Jacques: (sighing and turning toward his daughter) Thanks to him, Atlas is forbidden from exporting Dust to other Kingdoms. "A precautionary measure", as he puts it, "until we're certain no one is going to declare war". How anyone could possibly find that to be sound logic is beyond me. I bet they accept new Dust from furer company for now they say they'll hear there suggestion and offer a guidance to our family, that'll be the day.
Weiss can still see her father still have the grudge, jealous and not eye to eye of Ian's family.
Jacques: Which is why the Schnee Dust Company will be holding a charity concert in the coming weeks.
Weiss looks up at him in surprise.
Jacques: We need to show the people of Remnant that we are on their side. That we are all victims of the fall of Beacon.
Weiss: That's... wonderful news.
Jacques: I know. And I think it would make a lot of people happy if you performed at the event.
Weiss: Excuse me?
Jacques: Many forget that you were there. My own daughter, a Schnee, on the grounds, defending another Kingdom! We need to remind them! And we need to show them that the Schnee family is just as strong as ever!
Weiss: Are you asking me if I'd like to sing, or telling me?
Jacques: I think it would make a lot of people happy.
Weiss: (sighs) I'll start practicing.
Jacques: That's... my girl.
Weiss exit out of her father's office, shuts the door, she put on the bracelet and turns to find the butler waiting for her with a tray.
?: Hot coffee, Miss Schnee? I always find he keeps his study dreadfully cold.
Weiss takes the mug off of the tray with a smile.
Weiss: Thank you, Klein.
Klein: you know what I think?
He then cover his face with the tray and revealing his face again but with red eyes and a different voice.
Klein red: I think it's to balance out all his hot air! (laughs)
Weiss: klein!
Then Klein start to sneeze and his eyes turn blue and his voice change again to be a little feminine.
Klein: hah… heh, apologies, madame. Ah-ah-AH-ACHOO! (see's Weiss giggled, then he change his voice, personality and eyes again to yellow and start to smile) ah there's my happy little snowflake.
Weiss: thank you klein.
Klein:(eyes back to normal notice the braclet) still thinking about ian?
Weiss: yes.
Klein: I'm sure you'll meet him soon, as he misses you.
Meanwhile
Frank is chopping woods while everybody is asleep, as he is doing so, he spotted Jaune practicing with his sword stance while having a video of phyrra play.
Frank: oh jaune...
Then ruby awake walk up to see Frank watching jaune practice, as he turn to see her.
Frank: hey.
Ruby: hey.
Frank: can't sleep?
Ruby: no.
Frank: I see. (wrapped his arm around her)
Ruby: (smiled) I missed this warmth.
Frank: me too, and don't worry, pyhrra will be coming back.
Ruby: (hugged him tight) I'm also glad that your here too.
Frank: I know rubes, sorry I worried you there.
Ruby: just don't leave me again.
Frank: I would never leave you (kiss her), i want to be strong enough to protect you.
Ruby: (smile and kiss him back) thank you franky, let get back to bed.
Meanwhile
a ship moves over peaceful blue waters. A pan of the boat from bow to stern reveals... Passengers strolling across both the upper and mid decks.
then on the boat is non other then Blake , her outfit that her design features a long white tailcoat with dark violet inner lining and a sleeveless black crop top, as well as a belt attached from behind. The crop top has rectangular and diamond-shaped cutouts around the neckline, which have purple outlines beginning in Volume 6. Additionally, she wears a white belt over black fitted pants. , Blake has been left with an X-shaped scar just above her left hip. Across her torso is a diagonal strap that has a smaller magnetic clip on the back, which is used to sheathe Gambol Shroud. She wears thigh-high black heeled boots with gold-colored edging around the top. The left boot has a belt wrapped twice around the thigh. Each boot bears her Belladonna emblem in white on the outer side of the thigh, and a white pouch is attached to the back of her belt. She rests her hands on the rail and stares out at the ocean. She blinks and looks over her right shoulder, somewhat startled. Two kids laugh over a joke. Blake almost smiles and turns to look back at the ocean.
Captain: Traveling alone?
Blake jumps and grips the hilt of Gambol Shroud. She halts her action when she sees the captain of the boat.
Captain: (holding up his hands in a reassuring manner) Now, now, no threat here. Just here to chat.
Blake hesitates before relaxing her posture with a roll of her eyes.
Blake: And why is that?
The Captain lowers his arms and then twists to lean idly onto the rail.
Captain: Well, not many people travel by boat on their own. It can be quite a lonely voyage. But I found those that do tend to have the more... interesting stories.
Blake turns away from the Captain.
Blake: Maybe it's just... better for some people to be alone.
The two kids run behind Blake laughing and she gasps again, not expecting the noise behind her. She turns and blinks at them trying to reset her calm.
Captain: (laughing) Maybe, but with your paranoia, I think a few friendly faces wouldn't hurt.
Blake: Who says I'm paranoid?!
Captain: (laughing again) No one, dear, no one. I'll leave you be.
The Captain turns and walks away, then stops.
Captain: But uh, fair warning: these trips can be awfully boring.
The Captain continues on his way and Blake stares after him. Once he's gone, she turns and looks at the ground for a few seconds before reaching up and undoing her bow.
Blake: Mmm.
She holds the ribbon out over the railing.
Blake: Won't be needing this.
She lets go and watches the ribbon swirl in the air once before landing on the water. She turns and walks away. As she passes inside, 8 hooded figures is shown to be watching her from a distance.
Beside the ribbon on the ocean, the large scales of a sea creature are seen moving just above the surface. After they pass, the ribbon on the deck gone The first hooded figure see it and looked at blake.
Meanwhile
At ruby's home, at the living room is Yang who's wearing a gray jacket over an orange tank top that bares her hips. The jacket's left sleeve bears her father's emblem, indicating that it may have formerly belonged to him. Completing her attire are gray-brown cargo pants, which have ribbed knee paneling and show the rim of her dark undergarments. High on the left leg of her pants is a red shield-shaped patch with imagery of three Ursa masks, and her emblem is stitched on her right thigh. She wears white sneakers with purple laces, and her hair is pulled back into a messy ponytail with a purple hair e has also grown taller, surpassing her mother in height.
She's sitting on a green couch in her home on Patch. She looks at the stack of three books on her right and instead picks up the remote control to her left. With a click, the projected scene comes on, revealing a news segment from the VBC channel.
Corvid inside of room ever since his coma, he begin to groan as his eyes open wide and he got up .
Corvid: Gah! yang! Everyone! (looked around) huh? Where am I? (he see his chest) my cut wound is gone, must've been john did it.
Be stands up but still felt a slight pain on his chest.
Corvid: grr, still stings a bit.
He got bandages to wrapped around his chest.
Corvid: but at lease it'll heal very soon.
He put on a shirt to walk out and look around.
Corvid: how long I passed out?
As he ponders, the door opened, he looked to see Yang going to do her check up but dropped the bandages to see Corvid is up.
Yang: c-corvid?
Corvid: uh hey Yang.
Yang: DAD! MOMS! NEO! CORVID IS AWAKE!
Neo: WHAT?!
Then bursting though the wall leaving her imprint is Neo.
Corvid: my wall!
Neo: MY CORVY!
She then tackled him back onto the bed in a hug.
Corvid: OW! OW! OW! WOUND IS STILL KINDA HEALING!
Neo: YOUR OKAY! YOUR OKAY!
Yang: NEO! LET GO OF HIM!
Neo: NO!
Corvid: IT HURT!
Yang grabbed her and toss her out of the door.
Yang: can't you see your hurting him!? (turn at corvid) you okay?
Corvid: (rub his chest) uh huh.
Tai, summer and Raven rush in the door open to see corvid awake.
Corvid: hey everyone.
Summer: MY BABY BOY!
Raven and tai: YOUR AWAKE!
Corvid: (hands up in defense) no hugs! Please I'm still healing!
But they ignore his warnings and gave him a hug anyways.
Corvid: YYYYEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWCH!
back with Blake
the boat continues its journey on the smooth water. There is still peaceful bird cry, and Blake is once again on the middle deck looking out at the ocean. A Faunus couple walk behind her and she watches them, slightly less twitchy than before. When she's about to leave that she senses she is being watched by someone on the upper deck. It's the hooded figure, and she immediately takes out Gambol Shroud.
Blake: Who's there?!
The hooded figure smile.
?: I like the bow my kitty, shame you throw it away.. (show his dragon tail that he hid)
Blake: (wide eyes) … no way…
the hooded figure jumped down and landed in front of the cat faunus and showed his face to be Steven's.
Steven: but~, that don't mean I didn't like it with the bow either.
Blake: Steven!
She rush and hugged him as he hugged her back.
Steven: I'm happy to see and… (flick her forehead)
Blake: ow!
Steven: that for run off without telling me where you going, you got me worried sick of you and luckily I was able to track your scent.
Blake: hey I'm sorry, it just that yang, corvid a-and Adam, that i-i...
Steven: (put his finger to her lips) shhhhh, is okay I understand, don't worry yang and corvid is going to be alright. (smirk) I like your new outfit.
Blake: (blush a little) u-um…
Steven: (chuckle and place his hand on her belly) were you going to flurt with me with that?
Then grope her butt as she moaned a little as she enjoy it
Steven: you even show a nice view of your butt, how you like my outfit?
Blake look at Steven's new outfit under his cloak, he is wearing a Chinese style gray outfit with it's selves rolled up to the elbows, black fingerless gloves, black shorts, foreleg shows with black heels and tips.
Blake: (blushes more) v-very handsome.
Steven: (chuckled and kissed her nose)thanks kitty.
She giggled a little and hugged him as he held her in his arms, but their reunion was interrupted by the ship start to shake a little.
Steven: seem this have to wait for now.
Blake: yeah, (pressed his nose) to be continued.
She then start to run to the deck, leaving a smirking Dragon Faunus.
Steven: that's my kitty. (run up)
The creature's long-necked shadow looms over them as they turns around to face the water. Its shadow also falls on a member of the crew on duty in the crow's nest, who is looking up at it in horror.
Crew Member 01: RED ALERT!
The alert immediately sounds. Two red lights next to a speaker pulse with the sound. The Captain and his First Mate come running out and look at the water from the upper deck, just above Steven and Blake. The Captain murmurs as the shadow falls over him.
Captain: By the gods...
The long-necked creature is revealed to be a large Sea Feilong. It has a pattern of glowing red lines along the scales of its neck, and its eyes glow yellow. The Grimm swings its head back and forth, roaring and spreading its short forearms outward.
Captain: (turning and calling out to the ship) All hands to battle stations!
First Mate: Sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big!
Captain: We've never seen something this big! But we'll give 'er a fight nonetheless!
Blake start to charge at the large sea dravon grimm and leaps off the railing, Steven with his wings help Bgrabbed her by the shoulder as she use her gambol in gun shooting it around , as they land on the boat. The side of the ship opens up and the cannons come out.
Blake continues her assault on the sea creature, once again swinging and shooting. The ship's cannons fire but are mostly ineffective. They falls back onto the ship's deck.
Captain: (steering again) Hold steady men, it's not done with us yet! GET THE HEAVY CANNON LOADED! (The First Mate changes from being nervous to battle-ready upon hearing this order.)
The largest cannon on the ship rises up through a trapdoor on the deck, extends itself, and aims at the Grimm. The Grimm's dorsal fin splits apart and extra bone unfolds, revealing two wings. The Sea Feilong lets out a roar as it flies, its beating wings sending a gush of air at the ship. Blake cries out as she hangs on with her hurt left arm.
Captain: Heavy cannon, OPEN FIRE!
The heavy cannon shoots, but the Grimm easily evades it. It opens its mouth and an electric ball forms.
Blake readies to launch herself at it, but the 7 hooded figure lands on her head and uses her as a launch pad.
Blake: Hey!
Steven: they're on our side, Ken! Carol! Team STRK! Sun! Go!
The 7 cloaked individuals all leap off of the ship and throw away their cloaks, to reveal themselves . Is sun along with Carol, Ken and team strk.
Blake: they're with you too?!
Steven: and sun, cuz he hype of me in action.
Ken flying while grabbed on to Carol and tana, Reyna flying while grabbed on Katie. Katiegot her Sniper rifle, Carol ha e his dual pistol blaster and tana have her double barrel blaster ,they uses their weapon to distract the sea dragon Grimm, Sun and his clones land on the Grimm's head. The two clones pull on the topmost tendrils of the head while Sun grabs its upper lip.
Sun: Not today, pal!
When the Sea Feilong releases its electric blast, it goes harmlessly into the air, rather than at the ship.
Blake: What are you doing?!
From atop the enraged Grimm's snout, Sun answers her while holding onto the two tendrils his now-disappeared clones had grabbed. But as Stacy uses her sledgehammer to slammed at the grimm.
Sun: Oh, uh, you know, just... hanging out!
The Grimm manages to get a small electrical charge around Sun and he lets go, shouting as he falls.
Sun: Whoa-oa!
Blake gasps and immediately springs into action again. She jumps onto and off the railing, using Gambol Shroud's kusarigama form on the crow's nest to swing herself around and catch Sun midair. They land on nearby rocks, with her holding him bridal Grimm. As team strk, Ken, Carol regroup.
Sun: (putting his hand to his heart) My hero!
Blake: You're not supposed to be here!
Sun yeah? Well it looks like you need all the help you can get!
Blake: Ugh. (drops him) Just shut up and fight!
They runs toward the ship in the water, where the Grimm is firing electric blasts at it. Sun is on the ground, striking a pose on his side with his hand propping up his head.
Sun: Yes, ma'am!
On the ship, the Captain is steering while two of his crew are looking at displays.
First Mate: Starboard defenses are down, sir!
Captain: We still got the heavy cannon?
Crew Member 02: Aye, but it's moving too fast! We can't land a hit!
Captain: Argh. How about the engines?
First Mate: Fully functional, Captain!
Captain: Well alright, then!
On the deck, Blake is preparing to counter a hit from the Grimm's electric blast, but Sun jumps in between with a laugh of triumph. He uses Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang to deflect it and lands on the heavy cannon, resting his staff on his shoulder with a crooked grin.
Captain: Huntsmen!
they turn to the man who has come out onto the upper deck calling them.
Captain: If you can clip its wings and draw it out towards the bow, we could take it!
Steven: Blake and I take care it, (crack his knuckles) beside there van be only one.
He pull out his Deck toward the mirror as the belt appeared.
Steven: Henshin! (put the deck in his belt)
He transformed into ryuki, he put on his gauntlet, then put lightning and fire dust and pound it together unleashed a lightning-flame gauntlet.
Ryuki: lets go Blake!
Blake: right!
Ryuki created mirror stairs as Blake hop each steps ,he jump up top to the sky ,as ryuki pull out a card he insert to his gauntlet.
ADVENT!
Then a metallic dragon came clashes to the grimm dragon, ryuki jump forward to punching rapidly of explosion make the grimm dragon stumble as shoot a lightning beam but ryuki quickly pull a cards to insert his gauntlet.
GUARD ADVENT!
He goth is shield to block it, while blake use her gambol in sword mode to slash passed the wings, falling but ryuki carried her in bridal style, they jump to rock to rock while the boat going in high speed, ryuki pull out a card to insert it.
STRIKE ADVENT!
Then his right arm have a dragon arm, when the ship hit the grimm dragon which ryuki fired a big fire blast and the captain fire the cannon, both attack hit it make a big explosion destroying the grimm dragon turning to dust.
Ryuki: that take care of that.
Later at night
Steven, carol, ken and team strk regroup with Blake at the boat.
Steven: that went well.
Ken: phew.
Blake: so they with you?
Steven: team strk, carol, ken and i agree as we head back to Menagerie, i have a feeling you would too as well.
Blake: yes I am. To see my mom and dad.
He then start to froze up a little with his tail sticking out.
Steven: y-your mom… and dad? W-what a quintessence, I'm going to visit my mother and father as well.
Blake: (surprise) you do?
Steven: (rub the back of his head) es um I have plan well um it planned out while we relax and think it over.
Blake: well, I hope I make a good impression on your parents.
Steven: and I hope I survive.
Blake: don't worry dad talk about you all the time.
Steven: I hope.
Blake: so uh how sun got involved to this?
Steven: well me and you that's why, plus he beg for me to join in my situation.
Katie: about 30 times.
Sun: Just enjoy the rest of your trip and everything will be cool! We got this!
The two Faunus, a male with horns and a female with rabbit ears who we saw earlier, wave goodbye and turn away. Sun struts over to the group.
Sun: You'd think they'd never seen a fight before.
Blake: What are you doing here, Sun?
Sun: Diggin' the new outfit, by the way! (pointing to her ears) Never did like the bow.
Blake: (slapping his hand away) Sun!
Steven.: I'll toss you out of the boat if you do that again.
Sun: okay okay, Geez!
Blake: Have you been following me?!
Sun: I saw you run off. The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale, you made sure everyone was okay. And then you just took off, without saying anything. I saw Steven and the other aware your disappearance, he warn me it'll be dangerous but I couldn't accept a no.
Blake: I had to. You wouldn't understand.
Sun: No, I get it! The moment you left, I knew exactly what you were doing!
Blake smiles at him, pleased at feeling understood.
Sun: You, Steven and the group going on an All team rampage against the White Fang!
Blake's happy expression falls.
Blake: (a little bit in disbelief) What?
Sun: You always felt like the Fang was your fight. They show up, trash your school, hurt your friends. It makes perfect sense!
Ken hit his head.
Sun: Ow!
Ken: idiot.
Carol: is not that.
Katie: we heading home.
Blake: I need to sort some things out.
Sun: Then why not do it with your team? Your friends?
Blake: You're one to talk! Assuming Neptune, Sage, and Scarlet aren't hiding below deck!
Sun: You really think I could get Neptune on the ocean? They flew back to Mistral! I told them I'd catch up! It's not the first time I left them to take a boat! So, if you're not going after the White Fang, where are you guyz going?
Blake: Home, to Menagerie.
Steven: since you assist and even no matter what situation if is bad or worst, I suppose extra hands. Alright everyone when we head back to Menagerie I'll explain the whole plan, cuz right now our ferns is starting there move and so do the enemies.
Meanwhile
Inside Salem's meeting room, anti Cinder and Salem sit alone at the table. Mercury and Anti emerald wait by the door. Anti cinder is breathing heavily with effort while Salem has her right hand casually held out.
Salem: Do you feel it? Don't fight it, girl. It can sense your trepidation. You must make it dread you.
A soft clicking sound makes anti Cinder turn toward the door. All is blackness but for a slowly moving forward yellow glow. It is revealed to be inside a jellyfish-based Grimm with long red tentacles and a black and white body.
Anti Emerald and Mercury react fearfully to it and pull back as it enters. It glides its way over to Salem at the head of the table. Once the Seer Grimm reaches her side, she leans closer to it. After a moment, she puts her hands together.
Salem: Cinder, I am going to ask you this one more time, and I expect a clear answer. Did you kill Ozpin?
Anti Cinder holds her arm out, about to call anti emerald over to speak for her. Salem slams both hands onto the table, eyes glowing as she speaks.
Salem: No!
Anti Cinder lowers her arm.
Salem: I want to hear you say it.
Anti Cinder: (rasping a few times first before speaking hoarsely) Yes.
Salem looks at her for a long moment before speaking.
Salem: (to the Seer Grimm) Reinforce our numbers at Beacon. The Relic is there.
The Seer Grimm glides away. At the door, an5i Emerald and Mercury draw away from it just as they did before. Salem turns her head thoughtfully, looking in the direction away from anti Cinder and bringing her fingers to her chin.
Salem: What are you planning?
Meanwhile
Inside a fancy looking room is non other then Ian a red shirt and black shorts, looking through the window at the moon, then Cinder who crawled up next to the bed with a sexy red night gown.
Cinder: still thinking of her sexy?
Ian: yes, I know she thinking of me too, so you said Is true? That you double is still out there?
Cinder: she maybe a hothead and grumble of not very smart but stubborn, but I say do of the fall of Beacon of that bright light she might be in bad injuries. However she'll have to train to get strong enough to survive more.
Ian: that'll give us enough time to make our move.
Cinder: oh? What your plan hot stuff?
Ian: we'll go reunite with our friends but first, I'm going to get my snow angel back, (make a little smirk) and I know how.